Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus - Video Editing Software review:2 stars (BEWARE of the green screen!) - Good program BUT...
Beware the greenscreen portion of the program.
Somehow it modified (read that as corrupted) a codex or dll or something on my system so that now all video players (WinDVD, Media player (old and new), etc - except QuickTime, it plays them fine) play ALL my movie clips (of various types) with removed colors. I had gone into the greenscreen area to 'play' with video behind video - and there is a portion where you can 'remove' colors... I did, thought it was interesting, closed that clip (did NOT save any changes)opened a new one to edit and - Whoops... the new clip had the same colors I removed from the first clip as missing!!! I tried restarting - no change. Being worried that maybe it had effected all my clips, I e-mailed the company. They suggested removal of the program and reinstalling... I removed it but have not had the 45 min of time it takes to re-install the program. So, now over a week and a half of daily back and forth e-mails I STILL have some file corrupted on my system and their current suggestion is to make sure that my computer is updated and reinstall DirectX, vid drivers, etc (I did all of that but have not re-install their software or tried reinstalling my Windows XP...
I think they are trying to stretch this out so I cannot return the Capture card and program within 30 days of purchase3 stars (Great product... when it works.) - As many of the other reviewers here have said, the current version has a lot of bugs that need to be ironed out, but it does not affect everyone.
I have used earlier versions of it very happily, but they still haven't got version 9 right yet.

If it wasn't for the failures to render and program locking up now and then I would give it 5 stars. It has just about every feature you are likely to need for home to semi-pro use, and is very intuitive and fast to learn.

My advice would be to try out the free trial version first, if it works OK for you then go ahead and buy.1 stars (Don't waste your time or money on this software.) - I downloaded a trial version of Pinacle Studio Plus 9.3 version from the internet to try it out for 30 days before committing to a purchase. Boy, am I glad I did. Although there seem to be (theoretically) some very nice features in the package, the continual crashes on my system caused by this software made it not at all worth the effort. I have a very fast HP computer (purchased 10 months ago) with the latest Pentium processor and accessories. Nevertheless, Studio Plus continually hung up my system, causing me to lose precious data in the middle of a project.

Finally, the software just "blew up" in the middle of my last session, and now fails to start up at all! Did I say that I was only working up a simple "still photo" slide show set to music, and did not even get to some of the more complicated video streaming, conversion and editing features of the software? Further, there is little that is intuitive about the structure of this software -- and the "Help" menu text is next to worthless in explaining how to use features. At this point I concede that when you actually buy the software, you'll at least have an instruction manual... but if it is written anything like the "help menu," you'd better start looking for a "Pinnacle for Dummies" book to purchase!

In all, I've wasted 2 weeks of my free time working on this junk software package. The only redeeming factor is that I didn't spend any money on it. You shouldn't either!
Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus - Video Editing Software Features:
Graphics
Multimedia
Edit (Editing)
Graphics (Graphic)
Professional Design
desktop publishing
desk top publishing
Image Capture Capturing
CD Recording (Burning, Burners)
Video
Composting
Effects
Editing
Computer software (programs)
CD
Intuitive interface and seamless workflow
Advanced consumer video editing and disc authoring application
On-demand access to hundreds of professional-quality functionalities
Special video effects and more than 100 transitions; image stabilization
Audio features and effects; advanced video publishing

Pinnacle Studio 9 Plus - Video Editing Software is the CD-ROM version. The full version can be purchased by clicking on the "CLICK HERE TO ORDER" button below for around 89.99USD.